6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

The 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a Confederate States Army regiment which was active from May 1861 to 9 April 1865 during the American Civil War. It was organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana from the men of New Orleans and the parishes of Union, Sabine, Ouachita, St. Landry, and St. Bernard; half of them were Irish, and many of them were involved in the newspaper trade. The regiment was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia during the war, fighting at every major battle from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Battle of Appomattox Court House in 1865, after which its remaining 4 officers and 48 men surrendered.